CASE STUDY

ON

RAPE CASE

MARK LEE I. RUDAS

Student

May 16, 2020

MRS RUTH ANN MARINO

Bachelor of Science in Criminology (BSCRIM)

INTRODUCTION:

Rape is one of the most prevalent forms of violence against women(VAW)

in the Philippines. Reported rape cases ranked third (13.1%) of the total reported
VAW cases in the country from 1999 to 2009. The hard fact is that this is not yet
the true representation of the problem. Due to cultural and social stigmatization
associated with rape, many women victims prefer to maintain their silence and not
report their ordeal to the authorities.

The government with the aid of Non-Government Official’s have taken

initiatives to set up crisis centers for rape survivors in collaboration with the
different sectors of the community to help victims deal with the trauma and
encourage them to report rape. Several rape-related laws have also been passed to
address the concern. Through the provision of suitable legal support and health
services, it is hoped that women victims of rape be encouraged to come forward for
proper intervention and justice to be served accordingly.

BACKGROUND:

A few weeks into the fall of 2016 second semester at the University of Santo
Tomas, a student was pedaling down a road near campus when she nearly hit with
Dave Smith with her bike. Smith was 20 years old, and he and the woman hung out
about four or five times over the week. On October 22, they got dinner and headed
to the library for a mid-week study session.

That night, the woman agreed to walk back to his apartment but says she
told him she didn’t want to move too fast. What started on Smith’s bed as “light
kissing,” in her words, quickly turned into a violence sexual assault, according to a
description of criminal charges filed a couple weeks later. Over the course of two
and a half hours, the woman said, Smith pulled her into “every imaginable
position,” hit her in the face, pulled her hair, choked her till her vision started to
blur.

She telling him that he needs to stop with every gulp of air,” the woman later
said to an investigator, according to the criminal complaint. Then, she says, “I
realized he was bigger and stronger. I thought maybe I could just wait this out and
then get away.”

ANALYSIS:

This is based on police records, as cited by the Center for Women

Resources(CWR), which showed that from January to October last year, there were
7,037 reported rape cases nationwide.

Even the death penalty will not be able to stop this, according to CWR
executive director Jojo Guan.

“The execution of a convicted rapist in the 1999 did not stop abusers from
raping women and girls… Given a corrupt system and a culture of impurity where
the rich and the powerful can go scot-free, death penalty well always be a
contentious method to curb criminality in the country,”Guan said in press released
on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Statistic Authority reported 4,605 cases of rape,

acts of lasciviousness, attempted and incestuous rape in 2016, for women only.

The House of Representatives excluded rape on the list of heinous crimes

punishable by death in the bill passed on final reading earlier in the day.

Philippines Commission on Women (PCW) Chairperson Rhodora Masilang-

Bucoy said some women’s group believed death was not enough punishment for
convicted rapists.
PROPOSED SOLUTION/RECOMMENDATION:

What we can do to prevent violence against women? While both men and
women can be victims of violence, violence against women, often at the hands of
men, is a unique category of violence that relies on the historical and current
unequal balance of power between men and women, boys and girls. Violence
against women is the crucial element that reinforces men power and control over
women throughout the world. On some level, most of us participate in the culture
that supports and encourages violence against women and girls, in both small ways
(like telling our friends to “man up” when they have to do something difficult) to
large ways (beating and raping women and girls). Here are some small and big
ways we can work to end it, or at least interrupt it, every single day.

For everyone:

 Educate yourself on violence against women; learn the facts and the
prevalence.

 Believe survivors

 Contact your local legislators and political leaders and advocate for tougher
laws against perpetrators of violence against women.

 Know that dating violence and sexual assault affects 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6
boys by the time they are 18.

 Contact your local school board and ask them to address sexual harassment
in schools.

 Speak out against all forms of violence.

 Question gender roles and assumptions.

 Respect and embrace diversity

 Respect a person’s-even a child’s-right to say no

 Respect your partner’s right to disagree or have their own opinion

 Don’t blame victims, and reinforce that rape is never the victim’s fault.

 Learn about power and control tactics

 Ask permission before pursuing physical or sexual contact with someone.

 Teach kids that respect is the minimum in a relationship, and lead by

example.

 Advocate for victim’s right

 Ask your priest, rabbi, pastor, cleric, or spiritual leader to hold a special
service to raise awareness and promote safety for victims and
accountability for perpetrators.

 Be courageous; don’t be afraid to speak up for those who have lost their
voice or dignity.

 Advocate for more youth violence prevention programs.

 Avoid buying music or video that glorifies sexual violence and the
objectification of women and girls
CONCLUSION:

This study assumes that rape victim advocates who provide community
outreach services to victimized women must adjust to a heightened awareness of
sexual violence to do their jobs. Using qualitative methodology, this case study
explored rape victim advocates’ strategies for incorporating repeated exposure to
sexual assault into their daily lives as well as ways that organizations can support
such endeavors. Findings suggest that advocates’ self-care routines draw upon
various personal resources (i.e., cognitive, physical, social, spiritual, verbal), and
serve 2 roles for coping with rape-related pain: (a) cathartic releasing of traumatic
material, and (b) improving capacity to integrate the traumatic material into one’s
life.

REFERENCES:

 https://www.pcw.gov.ph

 ttps://www.motherjones.com

 https://www.zanzu.be

 www.medicalnewstoday.com